Golf-teaching instrument.



W; A, LYON. GOLF TEACHING INSTRUMENT. APPLICATION man 12.31. 1916.

citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at To all whom it mag concern cow-TEACHING rivers-ennui?" Be it known that I, WILLIAM Madison, in the county of Jefferson. and State of Indiana, have invented'new' and useful Improvements in Golf-Teaphing In struments, of which the. following is a speci- I I self, and that various changes'in the con fication... v I I v, It is a well known fact that in playing the game of golf, it is desirable at times to drive the ball in a manner to cause it to curve either.

in one direction known as a slice orin an of the player, especially the position of the feet.' I I It is therefore my aim to 'provide adevice for schooling beginners 1n the gamem the proper position of the feet with respect to the ball and with relation to each other for difl'erent plays, or in other words the proper stance consistent with the direction ,7

lay.

O I I I I $0 this end, the referr'edfembodiment of I I vable'material, and-vary in both design andj dimensions without departing from the the invention inclu es a stationary foot position indicatin member and a similar relatively movab e member, which latter is simultaneouslyadjustable with the adjustment of an element to'indicate the direction of play, whereby the movable foot position indicating member will assume the proper position with respect to the other member for different plays. 6 5 I Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of the above men-' tioned character, which. can be folded to permit of its convenient arrangement in a I 40 caddie bag.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood from. the following description when read inconnection with the accompanying drawing, the

invention residing in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several view and in which I Figure 1 is a plan view showing the man ner of'using the device. Fig. 2 is a view of the device folded... Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line M of Fig. 1

"scope of what is claimed. 7 The invention in the present instance pref erably consists of a substantially V -shaped' frame the limbs 10 andll respectively of j limb has slidably fitted. on its opposite end a slotted sleeve 13 by means'of which the limbs may be increased and decreased m.-

'the' frame. v

It is-of course to be understood that the Application filed March 31, 191c.; s na1m. sauna 5 is an'enlarged view of one of the clips; I

. Specification of letters 25am I looking in the direction oithe arrow Fig; A. LYON, a

- Before entering into a detail description 2 of what is herein shown and described. I desire to have it understood that the same is merely illustrative. of one embodiment of*- the invention to whichI do not limit mystruction and arrangement of-parts may beresorted to when desired as fall within the which are pivoted at one end as at 12. Each length for the purpose to: be hereinafter fully set forth, the sleeves being held fixed in any adjusted position b means of a.

thumb nut 14 component parts of the device in its en-. tir'ety maybe constructed from any suitspirit'of the invention. Carried by the limb 11 at a point in its length is an arcuate-shaped "member 16 passed through the slot 15 into 1 which can be secured to the limb in any suitable mannerythe curved portion lying horizontally; between the-respective limbs of the frame Pivotally mounted upon the limb 11 above the arcuate-shaped member 16 is an arrow 17 of suitable lengthto extend an appreciable distance. beyond the limbs10 4 i and 11, and which arrow is adapted to be moved on its pivot to indicate the direction in which the ballis to be addressed.-

In practice the frame is laid flat upon the surface with its apex a slight distance from the ball indicatedat' A sothat the frame will not interfere with the swing of the cl ub. In this position the opposite end of. the limb 11 lies in a plane slightly-in advanceof the ball A, and adapted to remain in said position thereby constituting what will be hereinafter termedthe stationary limb. .In playing the game of golf it.

' is oftentimes desired to drive the ball A in a.

manner to cause the same to curve during 1t course oftravel, whlch 1t curved in one direction is known as a slice, while in an eaI- opposite direction it is known as a hook. The driving of the ball in this manner under certain conditions is essential, and inorder to accomplish the same it is necessary to shift the right foot into a certain position,-

depending of course upon the manner in which it is desired to drive the ball. For this purpose the limb is capable of adjustment with relation to the limb 11, but

is ins iii mentality of the arrow, 17, so that the degree of adjustment depends upon the direction of play indicated by the adjustment or; the arrow, with a result that the free end of the limb 10 is caused to assume a "proper position which the right foot of the {player should occupy for a certain drive.

ably make use of a pair of slide-clips, one of which is mounted to slide uponthe arcu ate-shaped member 16 and the other of which is slidably mounted upon the arrow 1'7. The clip associated with the arcuate shaped member preferably consists of a shaped body 18, the parallel wall '19 of which extends a slight distance beyond the extremity of the wall 20 and is provided these ears isa cross bar 22 from the opposite ends of which project spaced arms 23- 1 adapted to embrace the arrow 17 so as to guide the latter in its adjustment when I swung upon its pivot to indicate the direction of play. The clip carried by the arrow is identical in construction with the clip 18, being of substantially U-formation and slidor away from the-limb 11 a degree proportionate with the degree of adjustment of the arrow 17, thereby positioning the free end :of the limb 10 in the proper position which should be occupied by the right foot of the player in order to make with any assurance the drive desired. It is of course to be un-. 'derstood that the device is primarily in tended for use by beginners in the game or lay be used by others if e user fin s the proper and the distance behall for a certain st and tween the its .,;pl'a'y or drive, the arrow 17 may be fixed cjontrolled in its adjustment through theupon the frame by adjusting theset screws 24 carried by the respective clips,-and tightening the set screws 14 associated with the sleeves 13, so that he may at any time use the device tomake the pla Manifestly the device is especially advantageous in schooling beginners in'the proper stance for each play. In use the cross bar 22 of the clip is held by frictional. engagement therebetween and the wall 19 in a position whereby the arms embrace their respective members, but when use of the device 18 not desired, the arms 23 may be swung to an inoperative position to permit the device to be folded at which time the. component parts occupy the position illustrated in Fig. 2 which obviously permits the same to'be conveniently arranged in a caddie bag,

' What is claimed is 1. A stance instructor comprising; meansfor-indicating the position of the feet with relation to the'b'all, and means operable simultaneously with the first named means for determining the line of drive. according I to the stance.

2. A stance instructor comprising coop erating'members for ind cat'mg the position v of the feet with relation'to' the ball, and

with relation to each other, and mewls enable. simultaneously with the first roam means fordeternnmng the line of drive the stance,

3. stance instructor comprising meaiic for indicating the type'of drive desired, and

means under control of the first named mc'ans for indicating the position 'of the feet for the particular drive.

. with apertured ears 21. Journaled between" 4. A device of the class described comdicatingmem'bers, one of said members being adjustable withrespect to the other, and

means for indicating the direction of play and controlling the movements of said adjustable member. 1

5. Adevice of the class described com prising a frame including a stationary memher and a relatively movable member, means for varying the length of said members, and an element adjustably associated "with the frame for indicating the direction of play and controlling the adjustment of said movablemember.

6. A device of the class described comprising a frame including a stationary member and a relatively movable member, an

arrow pivotally mounted on the frame for indicating the line of drive, and a connec tion between said arrow and movable member to efiect a simultaneous adjustment of these parts upon adjustment of the arrow 7. A device of the class described comprising a frame including a stationary member and a relatively movable associated memher, an arrow pivoted on said stationary member, nd 8s clip Slidably m t on ,1

said arrow and engaging said movable member to simultaneously adjust the latter w th respect to the stationary. memberwith the adjustment of said arrow.

8. A device of the'class fixed onesaid stationary member, an arrow" '1 10 pivoted thereon, and connections between described corriprising'a substantially V-shaped frame in,-

' eluding a stationary linrb'and a relatively movable limb, an arcuate-shaped memberthe arrow and said arcuate-shaped member and, movable limb, whereby the adjustment of the latter is controlled by the adjustment WitnessesLY- A RAYBURN C.T*AUSTIN, HAVEN K. Srmemox. 

